FLAC Player: How to Play FLAC on Mac (macOS Mojave Included)

by Brian Fisher • • Proven solutions

Countless Mac users regularly face problems in playing various types of format files such as FLAC files. Users encounter problems while playing FLAC files on Mac because of different types of codec issues and the fact that Apple products such as Mac have not been programmed to describe various types of format files such as FLAC. Want to play your FLAC files on Mac? Read this page, you will get two solutions here.

Play FLAC Files after Converting to Mac Compatible Formats

One of the widely used ways to play FLAC files on Mac is to use the UniConverter, which provides the best conversion for a wide variety of format files. With this all-in-one video converter, you can convert the FLAC format files into a format of your choice or you can convert the FLAC format files into Mac compatible formats such as MOV or MP4. The biggest advantage of using the UniConverter for Mac is that it is compatible with different macOS such as Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion and Lion. Moreover to use video converter you do not require downloading of any additional component or media player.

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  • Support to play and convert various video/audio formats, such as FLAC, MP4, MOV, FLV, AVI, MP3, WAV, AC3, AAC, etc.
  • Edit your FLAC files before converting to Mac supported format.
  • Burn FLAC files to DVD whenever you want. And you can add DVD menu to the file.
  • Freely download videos from online video sites, like YouTube, Vevo, Vimeo, Hulu, Metacafe, Facebook, etc.
  • It is compatible with different macOS such as 10.14 Mojave, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.12 Sierra, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, Mountain Lion and Lion.
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How to Play and Convert FLAC Files with UniConverter

UniConverter for Mac converts FLAC files to Mac supported formats with no quality loss in an extrordinary fast speed. The conversion only takes few easy steps.

Step 1. Import FLAC Files

At first, you can drag and drop your FLAC videos to the program. Alternatively, you can load them to UniConverter for Mac by clicking "Add Files".

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Step 2. Select output format

If you want to play your FLAC videos on Mac computer without any trouble, you should select Mac supported format (like MOV, MP4, etc) as the output format here.

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Step 3. Ready to Convert

Then you just need to click the "Convert" button to start conversion. When the conversion is over, you can open the output folder and play the converted Flac files with Quick Time easily.

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Optional Solution: Play FLAC Videos with Free FLAC Player for Mac - VLC

You can use a universal media player along with a video converter, such as VLC player. The VLC player works seamlessly on Mac and other Apple products and can be used for converting various types of format files such as FLAC format files into compatible formats. However you must ensure that you download Front Row to import the FLAC files into the VLC player conversion. The VLC player is also limited to the fact that the converted files cannot be transferred to other electronic devices for playback and neither can the files be transferred to other Apple products for playback.

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